Introduction 1 Part 1: Starting Your PMP Journey 5 Chapter 1: Welcome to Your PMP Certification Journey 7 Chapter 2: Get Ready For the PMP Exam! 15 Chapter 3: Getting into the Right PMI Mindset 29 Chapter 4: Maintaining Your PMP Credential 33 Chapter 5: Taking a Pre-Assessment 41 Part 2: What Is Project Management Really? 51 Chapter 6: An Overview of Projects 53 Chapter 7: Project Management Key Concepts 59 Part 3: The Environment in Which Projects Operate 85 Chapter 8: Project, Program, Portfolio, and Operations Management 87 Chapter 9: Organizational Influences 97 Chapter 10: Roles and Functions That Drive Project Delivery 103 Part 4: Managing Your Projects from Conception to Completion 111 Chapter 11: Project Success Starts with the Team 113 Chapter 12: Initiating Your Project 149 Chapter 13: Planning Your Project Roadmap 171 Chapter 14: Elevating Your Project Roadmap 207 Chapter 15: Integration of Plans and Processes 245 Chapter 16: Turning Your Plan into Action 259 Chapter 17: Keeping Your Project on Track 287 Chapter 18: Closing the Project or Phase 317 Part 5: Agile and Hybrid Approaches 337 Chapter 19: The Fundamentals of Agile Project Management 339 Chapter 20: Agile Teams: Key Roles and Responsibilities 353 Chapter 21: Key Agile Practices 359 Part 6: The Part of Tens 371 Chapter 22: Ten Tips for PMP Exam Success 373 Chapter 23: More Than Ten Common Acronyms 379 Chapter 24: Ten Assumptions of the PMP Exam 381 Index 387.